Manchester City take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC after defeating Club America on Saturday
The 2010/11 FA Cup winners, Manchester City, flew to the US last week for a preseason stint at the 2011 World Football Challenge. The team played Mexican outfit Club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 at AT&T Park, San Francisco, on Saturday, July 16.
The Citizens had promulgated that the preseason will be a channel to get to the fullest of health for the upcoming Barclays Premier League season and UEFA Champions League. However, their 2-0 win did not show any signs of laggardness or half-hearted play
by the Blues.
“We’re gearing up for our big season and we can’t take anything lightly,” Manchester City starting goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 told the media. “We’re judged on our performances and our fitness. It’s a great opportunity to come out here and do something different
and play against some different players.”
On the other hand, the Blue side of Manchester have some unfinished business with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vancouver-Whitecaps-FC-c40870.
The encounter would not be the first time these two sides are going head-to-head. Manchester City have a rather disappointing history against the Canadian outfit. The two sides met in 1980 and 1981 in the British Columbia, and the Whitecaps ran through the
Citizens 5-0 and 2-0 respectively.
However, Man City are not the same club anymore and will plan to draw first blood on the old rivals.
“(North American soccer) is a great standard,” Hart further added. “I can only go off what happened yesterday. We had a good game against Club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/América-c38391 and we’re looking forward to another good game tomorrow. It should be exciting.”
The EPL powerhouse did not take the WFC as a lighter challenge and took Super Águilas with full force. The manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Soehn and his men.
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